Firearms: Licensing

Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the South Wales Police Authority or any officers of the South Wales Police have in any cases requested that applicants for the renewal of firearm, shotgun, or coterminous firearm and shotgun certificates place their firearms or shotguns in storage at their own cost where the application to renew has been made in good time before the date of expiry of the existing certificate; and if so, on what legal basis has such a request been made, other than where they have issued a refusal to renew under the terms of the Firearms Act 1968.

Lord Henley: The issue or renewal of firearm and shotgun certificates under the provisions of the Firearms Acts are matters for the chief officer of police for the area in which the applicant resides.